Early last fall, a WUUC Holiday Planning Team came together with the goal of building community through meaningful holiday activities and events, especially those that would welcome families.
Here are the highlights of the 2024 holiday season:
- Postcards mailed to all friends and members with the key events that would happen between Thanksgiving and the New Year
- Children’s gifting fair, where new and gently used gifts were donated so that children could choose and wrap gifts for their family and friends
- Cookie exchange in the WUUC foyer.
- Craft activities for creating handmade gifts
- Holiday gifts for 20 youth and children donated through Friends of Youth
- Collective contributions of supplies and time to make 50 (!) Kits for Neighbors in Need that included essentials, such as socks, gloves, flashlights, handwarmers, tissues, personal care supplies, ponchos, food treats, throat lozenges, wipes, and personalized cards
- Solstice labyrinth meditative experience with beautiful luminaria for 38 of our friends and neighbors.
- All-church brunch with quiche, pancakes, fruit, and community for over 60 members and friends
- Christmas Eve caroling complete with cookies and hot beverages.
- And of course, worship services, complete with families lighting advent candles each week, the candlelight Christmas Eve service, and the Burning Bowl service to greet the new year.
At least 50 WUC members and friends volunteered to make these holiday events successful.
Our deep thanks go out to all of you.
WUUC Holiday team co-chairs,
Donna Johnson and Jan Radoslovitch
PS We will be talking about what worked, what didn’t work and what we would like to do better in the coming months. Please let us know your thoughts about our holiday events this year. Also, we will be starting to plan next year‘s events sometime in the late summer or early fall. Please let us know if you would like to be part of the Holiday Planning team at WUUC.
